Ecclesiastes 10:17

15 The labor of fools wearies them,
For they do not even know how to go to the city!

16 ^aWoe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
And your princes feast in the morning!

17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,
And your ^aprinces feast at the proper time—
For strength and not for drunkenness!

18 Because of laziness the¹ building decays,
And ^athrough idleness of hands the house leaks.

19 A feast is made for laughter,
And ^awine makes merry;
But money answers everything.

20 ^aDo not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.

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Interlinear Bible for Ecclesiastes 10:17:

Blessed
'esher (#835) art thou, O land,
'erets (#776) when thy king
shel (#7945) is the son
ben (#1121) of nobles,
chor (#2715) and thy princes
sar (#8269) eat
'akal (#398) in due season,
`eth (#6256) for strength,
gbuwrah (#1369) and not
lo' (#3808) for drunkenness!
shthiy (#8358)

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